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10 songs that feel like St. Jimmy

Matched to St. Jimmy by Green Day on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

St. Jimmy
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St. Jimmy
Green Day
intense 78/100 intensity 186 BPM
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Geek U.S.A. — The Smashing Pumpkins intense 180 BPM

A 89% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (73/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (180 BPM).

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Bad Guy — Billie Eilish moderate 135 BPM

89% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 70/100. Same layered texture.

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Gouge Away — Pixies intense 165 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — sits a little calmer at 71/100. Measured 88% alike.

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Lazerray — TV on the Radio intense 160 BPM

Measures 88% the same. It sits a little calmer at 67/100. Same layered texture.

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The Talisman — Iron Maiden intense 160 BPM

A 88% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and sits a little calmer at 71/100.

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Powerslave — Iron Maiden intense 150 BPM

88% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 70/100. Same layered texture.

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Mack the Knife — Ella Fitzgerald intense 125 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (77/100). Measured 87% alike.

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Monkey Wrench — Foo Fighters intense 174 BPM

Measures 87% the same. It sits a little calmer at 68/100. Same layered texture.

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Sign of the Cross — Iron Maiden intense 180 BPM

A 89% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (73/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (180 BPM).

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Thnks fr th Mmrs — Fall Out Boy intense 170 BPM

87% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (74/100).

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when St. Jimmy is more than you want right now.

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What We All Come to Need — Pelican moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 43/100, down from 78.

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Angel Tears — Pelican moderate 120 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 43/100 — the pull without the edge.

No One Else by Weezer
No One Else — Weezer moderate 155 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Reads 49/100.

Slide Tackle by Japanese Breakfast
Slide Tackle — Japanese Breakfast moderate 128 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 54/100, versus the original's 78.

Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho by Mahalia Jackson
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho — Mahalia Jackson moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 64/100, down from 78.

Mean Woman Blues by Roy Orbison
Mean Woman Blues — Roy Orbison moderate 120 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 60/100 — the pull without the edge.

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Bring Your Love Down (Didn't I) — Yazoo moderate 115 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Reads 49/100.

I'm Coming Out by Diana Ross
I'm Coming Out — Diana Ross moderate 115 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 52/100, versus the original's 78.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “St. Jimmy” by Green Day?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Geek U.S.A.” by The Smashing Pumpkins, “Bad Guy” by Billie Eilish, “Gouge Away” by Pixies — the top match scores 89% alike. Matching is by how the songs actually move (intensity, dynamic range, texture, tempo, predictability, vocal force), not by genre tag or popularity.

What songs are like “St. Jimmy” but calmer?

“What We All Come to Need” by Pelican, “Angel Tears” by Pelican, “No One Else” by Weezer keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “St. Jimmy”?

It measures 78/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, frequent sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 186 BPM.

How do you decide which songs are similar?

Every song in our catalog is measured on 8 dimensions — intensity, dynamic range, tempo, sudden changes, texture, predictability, vocal force and fine sound detail. Similarity is the distance between two songs across those measurements, so matches cross genres and eras. Shared mood tags break ties.

By the numbers: how this song compares

Computed from this song’s place among the 19,209 songs we’ve measured.

Where it sits in 19,000 songs

This is one of the more intense things in our library — more energetic than 94% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 78/100 comes from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, frequent shifts, and dynamic vocals. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is a fast, driving tempo: more extreme on that axis than 99% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on near-total stillness — steady volume, no surprises, a slow and unhurried pulse — the kind of track this one is the counterpoint to.

Feels almost identical to

Closest matches by feel across all 19,209 measured songs — not by genre or artist, by how they actually move.

What it’s good for

Sleep0/10
Focus1/10
Workout6/10
Dinner4/10
Party / hype8/10

Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.

2004 in context

The 334 songs we’ve measured from 2004 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. At 8/10, this track is louder and more dynamic than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity78
Dynamics78
Tempo81
Surprise75
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.

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